Pragmatic Transfer of Compliment Responses Among Chinese ESL LDS Missionaries

This study investigates the pragmatic transfer Chinese Latter-day Saint (LDS) missionaries speaking English display when responding to compliments in English conversations. Previous studies have shown that native American English speakers have a higher rate of compliment acceptance in their complime...

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Main Author: Bodily, Courtney Price
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2013
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3713
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4712&context=etd